The school announced hirings Thursday. Boone will be the special teams coordinator and coach outside linebackers, while Searels will coach the offensive line. Brown is also retaining running backs coach Robert Gillespie from former coach Larry Fedora's staff.

Boone has spent 10 seasons as an assistant at William & Mary and seven as head coach at Randolph-Macon. Searels worked under Brown at Texas and also had stints at Georgia, Virginia Tech and Miami.